Apocrypha

[Romanos]

What use is the Apocrypha in your opinion?

 

[psalms 91]

Lot of history in it

 

[MoreCoffee]

What use is the Apocrypha in your opinion?

Not a lot of use but still interesting and maybe helpful with historical settings. By apocrypha I am referring to books outside the canonical holy scriptures:
The Old Testament:

• Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy,
• Joshua, Judges,
• Ruth,
• 1 and 2 Samuel, 1 and 2 Kings, 1 and 2 Chronicles, Ezra and Nehemiah, Tobit, Judith, Esther, 1 and 2 Maccabees,
• Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, the Song of Songs, the Wisdom of Solomon, Sirach (Ecclesiasticus),
• Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Baruch, Ezekiel,
• Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zachariah and Malachi.

The New Testament:

• the Gospels according to Matthew, Mark, Luke and John,
• the Acts of the Apostles,
• the Letters of St. Paul to the Romans, 1 and 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 and 2 Thessalonians, 1 and 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon,
• the Letter to the Hebrews,
• the Letters of James, 1 and 2 Peter, 1, 2 and 3 John, and Jude,
• and Revelation (the Apocalypse).

 

[Tigger]

I've never read the Apocryphal books but I do feel it would be good to do so if not to just to have it under my belt. I actually bought the Orthodox study bible so I'd have them to read if not just reference.

 

[MoreCoffee]

I've never read the Apocryphal books but I do feel it would be good to do so if not to just to have it under my belt. I actually bought the Orthodox study bible so I'd have them to read if not just reference.

The RSV Catholic Edition is a good English translation to use.

 

[Josiah]

What use is the Apocrypha in your opinion?

[MENTION=1]Romanos[/MENTION]


Some of it is good for information and inspiration. But I'd not use it canonically.


What's YOUR opinion, Romanos?



- Josiah


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[Tigger]

The RSV Catholic Edition is a good English translation to use.

Yeah the RSV is good but I was also after the Orthodox study notes. I like to cross check all of the traditional churches when doing research.

 

[MoreCoffee]

Yeah the RSV is good but I was also after the Orthodox study notes. I like to cross check all of the traditional churches when doing research.

I have an OSB but the notes are sometimes quite unhelpful.